diff --git a/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py b/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
index 32cb78193d..c17771fa22 100644
--- a/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
+++ b/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import get
 def setup():
     cmaketools.configure("-DTHREADSAFE:BOOL=ON \
                           -DREGEX_BACKEND=pcre2 \
+                          -DUSE_SSH:BOOL=ON \
                           -DUSE_HTTP_PARSER=system")
 
 def build():